The consultation produced 153 ideas (including Dial-a-Molecule) which were discussed at a 2 day workshop in Manchester in November 2008. Consolidation and discussion reduced the number to 13 areas, the champions of which were asked to produce 4 page cases in January 2009.

By September 2009 EPSRC’s Strategic Advisory Team selected 4 of the areas to be invited to submit full proposals for funding of a network.